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Volume 45.
ASC NEWS
. Instructions have been received
by the Forsyth County ASC office
for applications for New-Growers
Cotton Allotments and the County
Committee is ready tc receive re
quests for these allotments at any
time. For this particular area the |
closing date for accepting the appli
cations is March 1,1954. There are [
some very strict regulations and!
questions for the applicant to ans
wer when the request is made for
the allotment. These questions are:
First, does the owner of this farm
own or operate any old cotton farm
in the county for which a Cotton
Acreage Allotment has been estab
lished for 1954 or any other new
farm for which a Cotton Acreage
Allotment for 1954 is being request
ed. Second, does the owner of this
farm own or operate any other land
which is adjacant to or near by the
land covered" by tHe application.
Since tfie number of acres for For
syth County for New-Growers are
very small it will be necessary for
any farmer to substantiate his claim
for a New-Grower Allotment in or
der to qualify and receive this allot
ment.
Too, in connection with the Pur
chase Order program for 1953, sev
eral farmers in the county who re
ceived Conservation Materials and
Services have failed to report their
use. Each has been notifid and it is
of the utmost importance that these
reports be made immediately. It
must be understood that any farm
er who received assistance under
the Purchase Order program must
report the use of these materials
and services or be charged for them
within a reasonable length of time.
Since the time required to make a
report is only a few minutes it does j
seem that it would not inconveince
any farmer to make his report at
any time he happens to be in or
near the officec.
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
The four flood prevention dams
within the Settingdown creek water
shed have held back thousands of
gallons of water during the recent
floods thus preventing the flooding
of the bottoms below the dams to a
considerable extent. Since these four
dams are only a part of the full
flood prevention system they are
not expected to do a full flood pre
vention job.
Conservation farming has brought
out the need for other types of equip
ment such as disk harrows and
plows which can be thrown out of
gear or lifted out of the ground al
most instantly for crossing vegetat
ed waterways. Experience has
taught that the only satisfactory
way to control water on sloping hill
sides is tto sod the natural depres
sions and design the terracing sys
tem so that surplus water is dis
charged on such areas. Thus”, to
avoid frequent turning, the row
equipment must be so designed that
cultivated fields can be cropped
without disturbing the sod in the
waterways.
MATT H. D. C.
The Matt HDC met at the School
house January 11 with $ members
present. The meeting wac called to
order by the president Mrs. Lois
Heard. The devotional was read by
Mrs. E. E. Bannister. Poem by Mrs.
Maggie Worley. Then roll call. Min
•utes read and adopted.
We made copper flower holders.
They were very beautiful and we
enjoyed making them. Of course we
all gave Mrs. Zelma Bannister all
the credit for them.
Refreshments were served by Mrs
Thelma Harris, which was enjoyed
by all.
Mrs. E. E. Bannister, Reporter
CAKE WALK AT DUCKTOWN
SCHOOL FRIDAY NIGHT
The Ducktown School will have a
CAKE WALK Friday Night Janu
ary 29 at 7:30. There will be special
music by GENE LUMMUS. The
proceeds will go to the March of
Dimes Fund. Admission 10 cents.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHEROKEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Old Buddies Meet
After Almost 35 Years
Seperation from Army
On Wednesday night January 20, '
Mr. and Mrs. Herman V. Johnson of
Ellsworth, Wis., and Mr. and Mrs.
Roland Johnson of Pepin, Wis.,
spent the night with Mr. and Mrs.
Minor J. Carnes arriving about sun
down and no one at home but my
self. After a warm handshake of
greeting, I hurried down to our
daughtters and got Mrs. Carnes.
After enjoying a supper prepared
by Mrs. Carnes, we all gathered
around the fire asking and answer
ing questions about how this and
that was done in the North and
South. Herman Johnson and myself
fought with Machine Gun Company
61st Infantry, Fifth Division (Red
Diamond Division). We separated
at New York after coming home, he
going to camp Grant, 111., and I to
camp Gordon, Atlanta to be dis
charged, not knowing if we would
ever meet again or not. Herman and
myself re-lived those days of the
Muse—Argone offensive and then
the months of waiting after the Ar
mistice was signed, waiting, drilling,
guard duty and what have you. The :
rain, mud, snow until spring came
and eventually aboout the Fourth of !
July 1919 we got orders to come
back to the good old U. S. A. We
lived all those days over again not
giving anyone much of a chance to
talk, about 2 o’clock Thursday A. M.
we retired and got a few hours of
sleep, then shortly after breakfast
the Johnsons, Mrs. Carnes and my
self made a short visit to the home
of Mr., and Mrs. J. Carroll Tallant,
as we wanted them to meet our
daughter and see our two grand
children, Athene and Jackie Tallant,
then the Johnsons started on their
way to their respective homes in
Wisconsin.
It is only those who have gone
through what looked like certain
death, side by side with true com
rades and have lived to tell the tale
that can ever know and understand
the brotherly love and conradeship
' that exists between us old war-time
buddies. ,
Both the Mr. Johnsons are pros
perous grain, hay and dairy farmers
in their native state, both are mem
bers of the Board of Directors of
their REA Corporation in thier com-
I munity and had attended the REA
Convention at Miami, Florida and
were on their way back home. They
left with us all hoping that some
way and somewhere we would all
meet again.
MINOR J. CARNES
CHESTATEE H. D. C.
The HDC met at the home of Mrs.
H. . Castleberry with 13 members
present. The meeting was called to
order by our new president. Scrip
ture was read by Mrs. H. E. Castle
| berry, a poem by Mrs. Wallace
Wood “Happy New Year”. The
! group sang, “Blest Be The Tie That
j Binds”.
! The president asked the members
j to set a project for the coming year,
j Their goal is for a club house.
j The plans were made for the
i Mother’s March of Dimes. We wel-
I come Mrs. T. A. Castleberry and
Mrs. Hurbert Bennett back after a
long absence. Delicious refreshment
were served by Mrs. H. E. Castle
berry.
Brandywine H. D. C.
The Brandywine HDC met Mon
day January 18, at the home of Mrs.
Steve James. A project of improv
ing mail boxes in the community
was discussed and agreed by mem
bers to repaint, letter and add new
post. Mrs. Bannister asked*the club
to help plan the Year Book. The
meeting will be held January 23 at
1 2:00 P. M. at the Cumming Com
munity House. The president, Mrs.
Arthur Herring welcomed 12 mem
bers with 4 visitors attending. Mrs.
Kennemore, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Mun
day and Mrs. Jackson. The meeting
adjourned and a lovely social was
enjoyed by all.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, January 28, 1954.
Today & Tpmorrow
Louie D. Newton
SHEEPHEAD
Down at Panacea last week for
three days of fishing with Warren
Sewell, Hugh Altman, and James
Davis, I heard again many intricate
instructions about how a sjieephead
bites—when to pull, etc., etc. These
instructions were freely distributed
by the guides, Jack Tucker and John
Albert Whetstone, "without results. .
“No what you do,” began Jack, “is
to keep your line fairly tight, hold
ing it over your indext finger on the
right hand, so when he comes up
and sniffs it, you jerk, before he
turns it loose. See? It’s just that
easy.” And Jack would pull in a big
one. “Not exactly,” said John Albert.
“What you have to do is keep the
line over that index finger, like Jack
said, but he’s wrong about when to
pull. You must pull just before he
sniffs. Jack got that one just now,
but he must have been a little on
the dumb side. It is usually too late
when you feel 'em sniff. Got to pull
just before he bites.”
And that went on for sometime,
the guides pulling them in, and the
four of us sitting there losing bait.
I changed back to shrimp, and
1 threw out for reds. This sheephead
j stuff would convince me that I
should never have left home for
Florida. I have caught one now and
then, but mostly then.
I estimate that Warren Sewell,
Hugh Altman and James Davis lost
100 fiddlers every day we were there
trying to catch a sheephead, and I
don’t remember that they got one,
though I could be wrong about that.
I couldn’t even watch them closely
enough to he certain about whether
they ever snagged one. There was
not any question about the sheep
head being (here, since the guides
pulled them up within inches of
where the other boys were strug
gling.
“They're smart, all right,” declar
ed John Albert. “Truth of the busi
ness, they may be the smartest fish
there is.” With that remark I am
completely in accord. So far as I am
concerned, sheephead can wear Phi
Beta Kappa keys on every stripe
around their plump little bodies. I’ll
settle for reds and drum while the
other boys feed fiddlers to sheep
head. They try to tell me that it is
a test of patience, but I think too
much of patience to waste it on
sheephead. They also argue that
sheephead pull better than any
other fish, but they fail to admit
that the pulls are very, very far
apart.
I close with this. While the six
able bodied men sat there, worrying
with the smart sheephead, an old
lady—79, I think she said,- —caught
six of the biggest bream I ever saw.
“You boys go on and worry with the
sheep while I do a little fishing,”
she said.
Zeke Bratkowski All-
Stars Coming Here
On February 3rd.
The famour Georgia Bulldog foot
ball players who have formed a
basketball team headed by Zeke Bra
towski, all american Halfback, will
play the Cumming Athletic club on
Wednesday night February 3rd.
This will follow up the wonderful
| game played here recently by the
Ga-Tech stars, who thrilled the
crowd attending the game.
On Friday night January 29, a
game is scheduled with Craft Chees
Boys and Girls from Atlanta. Craft
has one of the best boys teams in
the South and these games will give
the fans some fast moving plays.
Cumming girls team is improving
right along and the fans will eniov
seeing these former Cumming High
School girls in action again.
Sidney Wing Coach of the Cum
ming teams is working hard to
| schedule good games for the people
I of Forsyth County and we should all
turn out and back the teams uo.
The two games will be preceeded
by a Junior game of local boys who
are the future High School players.
Come watch these youngsters work
and you can visualize the Cumming
High School teams of the future.
Popular admission prices shall pre
vail.
Silver City Contributes
To March Of Dimes
The Cake Walk sponsored by the
4-H Community Improvement and
HDC in Silver City, Saturday night
was the greatest success yet! The
4-H Club sold tickets to three prizes,
the lucky ticket holders being First
Mrs. Albert Bailey, a George Wash
ington heirloom bed spread. Second
Mrs. Franklin Blackburn, an electric
percolator. Mrs. Weldon
Bramblett an electric toaster. Ger
ald Blackburn received the prize for
selling the most tickets. Hats off to
Gerald, he worked hard.
Donations from tickets, cake walk
and refreshment stand totaled a pro
fit of $249.03 for the March of Dim
es.
We want to thank the 4-H club,
the ladies who brought so many
K°od cakes and all those who helped
to make this contributionn to the
March of Dimes possible.
With Y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
Your County Agent has had sev
ecral recent inquiries concerning the
purchase of white pine, arizona cyp
ress and loblolly pine seedlings. The
Georgia Forestry Commission had
all of these for sale for this planting
season, but all have been sold with
the possible exception of loblolly
pine and one or two others that are
not recommended for this area.
The Commission begins accepting
orders in August for the following
planting season and usually by Oct
ober Ist, all of the seedlings have
been booked for shipment. They will
accept orders as long as the seed
lings are available, but to avoid dis
appointment it is wise to get your
order in early.
This is especially true for species
such as Arizona Cypress and White
Pine for they are usually scarce
even at the start. The demand for
these seedlings is usually light and
the nuseries just do not plant the
seed.
It will be the wise farmer that
makes his plans now for the kind
and number of seedlings that he is
going to set next winter. Part of the
area tto be planted may need some
preparation. You might want to cut
those scrubby oaks and gums this
summer. Some of those big trees
might be easier poisoned. Summer
time is the time for that. Poison do
not have much effect during the dor
mant season of trees.
There are thousands of idle acres
in Forsyth County suitable for grow
ing trees. Some of these acres are
producing a fraction of what they
could with just a very little work
done. Others are producing nothing
but taxes. One of tthese acres might
be on your farm
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Mrs. Edith Bennett
Heads H. D. Council
Mrs. Edith Bennqlt of the Bethel
view Home Demonstration Club was
elected president of the Forsyth
County Home Demonstration Coun
cil at the Council meeting on Satur
day, January 23. Mrs. Bennett also
serves as secretary and treasurer of
her club. Other officers elected were
Mrs. Winfred Waldrip, first vice
president: Mrs. Roscoe Thomas, 2nd
vice president; Mrs. Herman Hamby
Secretary: Mrs. Wilma Wood, Asst.
Secretary: Mrs. Lois Heard, Treasur
er; Mrs. Shirley Wofford, County
4-H Advisor and Mrs. Wynelle Mc-
Brayer, Reporter.
The Council meeting was attended
by representatives from Big Creek,
Brandywine, Bethelview, Chattahoo
chee, Chestatee, Coal Mountain, May
field, Matt, Oscarville, Piedmont,
Pleasant Grove and Silver City HDC
Thirty one community leaders were
present. This was one of the largest
number to attend a council meeting.
The meeting was devoted to the elec
tion of the council officers, planning
the years work and planning the
HDC Yearbook.
The next meeting of the council
will be held on Saturday March 13
at 2 P. M. at which time the newly
I elected officers will be installed.
Mrs. Wynelle Mcßrayer, Reporter
County Population 15,000. Number 4.
Work Begins On The
New Forsyth County
High School Building
Our dreams and hopes of a New
Forsyth County High School will
soon be a reality. .In 1950 the For
syth County Board of Education
purchased a 25 acre tract of land on
the Bettis Gap Road, one half mile
from Cumming, at a price of $4,000.-
00. The grading of the property is
now underway and in a few days
the actual construction of the build
ing will begin.
A. R. Housley, County School
Superintendent, stated that the con
tract for the construction of the
High School buildihg has been
awarded to A. B, Newton Company,
Vidalia, Georgia.
P'he building was designed by
McDonald and Company, Architects
and Engineers of Atlanta. The build
ing will consist of twenty-three in
structional spaces, vocational build
ing and a large lunch room at a cost
of $348,000.00.
The Forsyth County High School
will be one of the best constructed
school building in the State, and
will be modern in every detail, hav
ing adequate facilities to give the
boys and girls in Forsyth County a
well rounded education.
It is hoped that the building will
be completed by January, 1955.
Silver City Improve
mennt Community Club
i
Sliver City Community Club held
its regular meeting January 18, at
7:30 P. M. with a large crowd pres
ent. The meetinng was called to or
der by the president, after which
the group sang several songs, pray
er was led by H. R. Bramblett. We
heard reports from different com
mittees. J. R. Wallace reported that
Concord Sunday School donations
for the unfortunate Christmas was
$147.60.
The chairman of each committee
appointed two or more tto serve
with them this year.
The group voted tto extend the
community boundry line beyond
Ford McClure’s. Everyone welcom
ed Ford McClure’s family In our
community.
Mrs. H. R. Bramblett announced
that the 4-H Club and Community
club would sponsor a Cake Walk
Saturday night January 23 and ask
ed that everyone come and bring a
cake and pocket full of money and
that all proceeds would go to the
March of Dimes.
After refreshments were served
the group joined in an old fashion
singing. The meeting was closed
with prayer.
Fire Call Delay
Proving Costly,
Cravey Warning
Alarmed by complaints of many
chiefs throughout the state, Safety
Fire Commissioner today reiterated
the importance of prompt reporting
of fires to the fire departments.
“Chiefs are reporting serious fir
es which could have been avoided
had house occupants turned in an
alarm as soon as tfie blazes were
discovered,” he declared.
The commissioner said that in
stead the occupants had made the
mistake,of trying to extinguish the
fires themselves.
“Fire are excellent
for emergency use,” he pointed out,
"But; after all, they are only first
aid measures. The fire department
should be called before ‘home re
medies’ like tossing water from a
pail or using your hand extinguish
er.
“Sure, use those ‘home remedies’
but, while you are employing them,
be sure someone has called the fire
department. Then you have the as
surance professional help is on the
way. ’
“A small fire can become a big
one in a surprisingly short time.
In communities, notably Bainbridge
where the residents have been edu
cated to report fires immediately,
the amount of damage has been
greatly reduced. Seconds saved are
precious: they not only will save dol
lars but lives too, perhaps your own’
Mr. R. M. Sealey, Mgr.
So. Bell Office, Gaines
ville Goes To Athens
Effective February 15, 1954, Mr.
R. M. Sealey, Gainesville Group
Manager of the Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Company will
be promoted to the Athens District
Manager's Staff in Athens, Georgia.
Mr. Sealey came to Gainesville
July 1, 1945 as Group Manager and
has been serving since that time in
that capacity. During this period,
the number of telephones in the
group has more than doubled. Seal
ey was Instrumental in securing for
Gainesville one of the most modern
dial telephone systems in the nation.
COLLINS TO SUCCEED SEALEY
HP
L. H. COLLINS
Mr. L. H. Collins, Mr. Sealey’s
successor,!* a native of Georgia and
received his elementary and high
school education in Macon and at
tended Duke University in Durham,
N. C., where he was an outstanding
athlete.
Collins began his telephone career
in 1937 as directory advertising
salesman. In 1940 he was promoted
to the commercial department and
held positions of increasing respon
sibility in the Atlanta commercial of
fices. He was appointed office man
ager i nMacon, Georgia in 1949. Col
lins has been very active in religious
and civic affairs and is a member
of the Macon Chamber of Commerce
Sales Executive Club, Touchdown
Club and Elks Club.
Mr. Collins is married to the for
mer Miss Virginia Thomson of Ma
con and has two sons, Larry, age 11
annd Tom, age 7.
Sanitation Practices &
Communicable Disease
By T. E. Nelms (Sanitarian)
There are many diseases spreaded
which may be traced to a like of
sanitation about our everyday liv
ing. Some of the most common dis
eases that we are concerned with in
the United States and in the South
are as follows:
Typhoid, Bacillary disentary, Food
poisoning, Trichinosis, Tuberculosis
influenza, common colds, scarlet fev
er, malaria, undulant fever, typhus
fever, rocy mountain spotted fever,
tularemia and many others:
The main purpose of a Public
Health Sanitation program is to
help prevent the spreading of so
many diseases that effect the health
of citizens of any Community and
which sometimes effect a person’s
Health for life.
We can go a long way toward con
troling these diseases by exercising
the best of sanitation practices in
food handling, milk sanitation, wat
er supplies, sewages and garbage
disposal, insect and rodent control
and proper disposal of dead animals
which sometime produce unpleasant
surrounding and pollute sterams.
The Local Health Department will
run a series of articles for several
weeks that will be more in detail
on the disease that is spread and
what neglected Sanitation practices
most likely are favorable for the
particular disease.